I have a Illustrator vector shape (It has a shape path around it). But I need a mask line in the middle of the shape. The problem with with doing it by drawing a shape line over it is that I can't get ...

I've made an example version of a news video in After Effects that we will be altering weekly. The template might be used by less skilled people and I'd like to know what (if there are) ways to make ...

I m working with two different footages dv 4:3 and dv 16:9. I wanted to make the project in 16:9 and upscale the 4:3 footages in 16:9 .. Is there any plugin or method that can be done without loosing ...

I'm teaching myself After Effects CC while trying to make a music video. I use the spacebar or the 0 on the numeric keypad to preview my work. When I press one of those keys a second time to stop the ...

The news channel in my country is using a nice bouncy/slide effect. Now I'm trying to recreate that in After Effects. I tried many effects and expressions, Googled a lot and watched many tutorials. ...

I have After Effects project file 25 fps, 29 seconds duration long. After exporting i get 725 png files - looks normal so far. But then i merge it to mp4 using Adobe Encoder, I get total 24 seconds ...

I have an animated circle shape layer with trim paths applied to it and the end percent animated from 0% to 100%. But half way through the animation, the circle path seems to close itself. How can i ...

I'm trying to animate a worm-like shape from a coiled position to a more loose position in After Effects. I figured out how to make the vector line in After Effects and get it to do what I want, but ...

I'm creating a series of videos that have subtitles that appear one word at a time. My workflow gets me through about 1 minute of subtitles every 45 minutes, and I feel like there could be a faster ...

I am doing a video project now where one of my goals is to learn proper video editing. I will make some effects in After Effects, but will doing the cut in Premiere. I know these softwares will be a ...

Please have a look at my website solstice.co.il on a chrome browser. On the left you see a looping movie of the tree wobbling around. This was made by tweening the evolution filter of the turbulent ...

Let's get this out in the open...yes, I am editing a picture with After Effects, it's just easier for me.
Anyway, I kind of did something stupid... I took a photo with my band friends a year ago and ...

I'm playing around with audio reaction in After Effects and I'm trying to create an audio spectrum, that acts as a particle emitter. So the bars not only jump up when that frequency is present, but ...

A while ago I made a short test animation. It was a red circle on a white background. Every time I create a new project or composition, there is always a picture of that red circle. The only time it ...

I am trying to animate a stroke effect in After Effects on a large number of paths imported from Illustrator (in my case a vector graphic world map). When I convert the illustrator file to shapes, the ...

The video rendered at a normal speed before seen here (it just is missing audio in the first half): https://youtu.be/pMf5JLBIPQk
Now that I got the audio working in the first half (AE - Composition ...

I have an animation in After Effects where I am animating a slider to move up and down at certain points. The slider should be mainly stationary, but moves occasionally in line with other actions on ...

I'm trying to recreate the effect of an error window that duplicates itself as it's dragged along, similar to this:
I would like the layer to leave a trace/a copy of itself as I move it around (via ...

I am jsut working on a new After Effects Project. I have a bunch of images I am working with and I just wondered, why the edges of images are so blurry.
First I thought it might have something to do ...

I've got a short video that I'd like to export as an mp4 and use in a seamless loop.
The content of the video is very abstract so it doesn't really matter where the loop occurs/what parts of the clip ...

I need help with sharpening text while zoomin/scaling camera. It gets very ugly. Or maybe you can tell me how to zoom camera with null object so the text remain sharp as it should?
Latest version of ...

I'm using After Effects to create a Motion graphic and I would like to make the animation zoom in on a specific point, do something and then zoom out again.
To clarify what I exactly try to achieve: ...